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CSO statistical release, 27 September 2019, 11am

Structural Business Statistics

2017

Structural Business Statistics - Industry, Distribution and Services, 2015 - 2017
					Percentage change
		2015	2016	2017	2016 - 2017	2015 - 2017
Enterprises	No.	209,721	210,636	225,989	7.3	7.8
Persons Engaged	No.	1,259,480	1,324,084	1,384,943	4.6	10.0
Turnover	€m	585,768	625,547	642,830	2.8	9.7
Gross Value Added	€m	176,133	183,974	201,030	9.3	14.1
Includes all Industrial, Distribution and Services enterprises in Ireland, excludes the Construction sector.

Enterprises in Industry, Distribution and Services sectors up 7.3% to almost 226,000 in 2017

Figure 1: Turnover Industry, Distribution and Services, 2015 - 2017

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The number of enterprises in the Structural Business Economy (excluding the Construction sector) increased by 7.3% to 225,989 in 2017.
The number of persons engaged rose by 4.6% in 2017, to 1,384,943 persons.
Between 2015 and 2017, the number of persons engaged increased by 10.0%, an overall increase of 125,463 persons.
Total turnover increased by 2.8% between 2016 and 2017, bringing the value to €642.8 billion in 2017, which was largely driven by an increase in the Industrial sector.
Gross Value Added, which represents the value of goods and services produced in the economy, was €201.0 billion for Industry, Distribution and Services sectors in 2017. This was a 9.3% annual increase and a 14.1% increase since 2015. See Headline Table.

This release provides details of the individual surveys in the Structural Business Economy i.e. Census of Industrial Production and Annual Services Inquiry. It also analyses these sectors by size class of enterprise and nationality of ownership.

Note: This release relates to Industry, Distribution and Services sectors. Data for the Construction sector to follow. Figures 8 & 9 have been revised to reflect changes made in Irish and Foreign enterprises.

Industry

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Table 1 Industry
					Percentage change
		2015	2016	2017	2016 - 2017
Enterprises	No.	17,176	17,555	18,817	7.2
of which; SME (<250)		17,010	17,380	18,639	7.2
Large (250+)		166	175	178	1.7
Persons Engaged	No.	221,797	235,352	242,966	3.2
of which; SME (<250)		118,376	121,921	125,596	3.0
Large (250+)		103,421	113,431	117,370	3.5
Turnover	€m	233,804	227,154	238,601	5.0
of which; SME (<250)		40,892	41,570	44,328	6.6
Large (250+)		192,913	185,583	194,273	4.7
Gross Value Added	€m	95,025	93,264	103,029	10.5
of which; SME (<250)		13,629	15,017	15,045	0.2
Large (250+)		81,395	78,247	87,984	12.4

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Persons engaged in Industrial sector up 3.2% in 2017

The number of persons engaged in Industrial Production in Ireland in 2017 increased by 3.2% to 242,966.
Large industrial enterprises reported a 3.5% increase in persons engaged, a 4.7% increase in turnover and a 12.4% increase in Gross Value Added in 2017.
SME industrial enterprises reported a 3.0% increase in persons engaged, a 6.6% increase in turnover and a 0.2% increase in Gross Value Added in 2017.
Since 2013, the number of persons engaged in the Industrial sector in Ireland has increased by over 10,000 persons annually rising from 200,991 in 2013 to 242,966 in 2017. See Table 1 and Statbank Table AIA30.

	Turnover	Gross Value Added
2015	233.804	95.025
2016	227.154	93.264
2017	238.601	103.029

Industrial Gross Value Added rose 10.5% from €93.3 billion in 2016 to €103.0 billion in 2017.
Turnover in the Industrial sector increased 5.0% to €238.6 billion in 2017. See Figure 2.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2015	103421	118376
2016	113431	121921
2017	117370	125596

The number of persons engaged in Large Industrial enterprises increased at a slightly faster rate (3.5%) compared to SMEs (3.0%) in 2017.
The number of persons engaged in Industrial SMEs increased by 6.1% in the period 2015 - 2017.
For Large Industrial enterprises, the number of persons engaged increased by 13.5% over the same period.
Since 2008, the difference in persons engaged between SME and Large Industrial enterprises has narrowed from 39,894 in 2008 to 22,063 in 2012 and to 8,226 in 2017. See Figure 3 and Statbank Table AIA27.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2015	81.395	13.629
2016	78.247	15.017
2017	87.984	15.045

GVA for Industrial SMEs increased by just 0.2% in 2017 to €15.0 billion.
Gross Value Added in Large Industrial enterprises rose 12.4% from €78.2 billion in 2016 to €88.0 billion in 2017.
In 2017, the split for Industrial GVA between Large enterprises and SMEs was 85:15 in favour of Large enterprises. See Figure 4 and Statbank Table AIA27.

Distribution and Services

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Table 2 Distribution and Services
					Percentage change
		2015	2016	2017	2016 - 2017
Enterprises	No.	192,545	193,081	207,172	7.3
of which; SME (<250)		192,234	192,739	206,809	7.3
Large (250+)		311	342	363	6.1
Persons Engaged	No.	1,037,683	1,088,732	1,141,977	4.9
of which; SME (<250)		768,550	798,256	833,843	4.5
Large (250+)		269,133	290,476	308,134	6.1
Turnover	€m	351,964	398,393	404,229	1.5
of which; SME (<250)		232,606	264,833	268,336	1.3
Large (250+)		119,358	133,559	135,893	1.7
Gross Value Added	€m	81,108	90,710	98,001	8.0
of which; SME (<250)		52,380	58,330	57,970	-0.6
Large (250+)		28,728	32,380	40,032	23.6

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The number of enterprises in Distribution and Services sectors increased by 7.3% in 2017

Between 2016 and 2017 the number of enterprises increased by 7.3%, bringing the number of enterprises in the Distribution and Services sectors to over 200,000 for the first time. See Table 2.
Almost all (99.8%) of these enterprises in this sector were SMEs with less than 250 employees.
The average GVA per person engaged in the Distribution and Services sectors in 2017 was €85,800 up from €83,300 in 2016.
Large enterprises had an average GVA per person engaged of €129,900 while SMEs had an average of €69,500 in 2017.
The average number of persons engaged in an enterprise was six, the same as 2016.

	Turnover	Gross Value Added
2015	351.964	81.108
2016	398.393	90.71
2017	404.229	98.001

Turnover increased modestly by 1.5% in the Distribution and Services sectors from €398.4 billion in 2016 to €404.2 billion in 2017. Similar increases were seen for the Large Enterprises (1.7%) and SMEs (1.3%).
Gross Value Added increased from €90.7 billion in 2016 to €98.0 billion in 2017 (8.0%). See Figure 5.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2015	269133	768550
2016	290476	798256
2017	308134	833843

The number of persons engaged in 2017 in Distribution and Services sectors was 1,141,977 up from 1,088,732 in 2016, an annual increase of 4.9%, the same level of increase as the previous year.
There were 53,245 additional persons engaged in these sectors in 2017 compared to 2016. SMEs accounted for two thirds of the increase in the persons engaged.
SMEs accounted for 73.0% of total persons engaged in 2017. See Figure 6.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2015	28.728	52.38
2016	32.38	58.33
2017	40.032	57.97

SMEs showed a small decrease in GVA (-0.6%) while Large enterprises increased by 23.6% in 2017.
While SMEs accounted for 99.8% of the number of enterprises they accounted for only 59.1% of GVA in 2017. See Figure 7.

Irish enterprises employed more in SMEs in 2017

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
Industry - Irish	30.1	69.9
Industry - Foreign	75.2	24.8
Distribution and Services - Irish	17.1	82.9
Distribution and Services - Foreign	67.6	32.4

Two thirds (66.7%) of employment in Irish owned industrial enterprises was in SMEs in 2017.
The reverse is true of foreign owned industrial enterprises, where almost three quarters (73.2%) of all persons engaged were employed in Large enterprises.
Employment in Irish owned Distribution and Services enterprises was also concentrated in SMEs with small and medium sized enterprises responsible for 82.4% of all persons engaged.
More than two thirds (66.8%) of employment in foreign owned Distribution and Services enterprises was in Large enterprises. See Figure 8.

Large Industrial enterprises generated 92.0% of GVA in foreign owned enterprises

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
Industry - Irish	48.5	51.5
Industry - Foreign	91.4	8.6
Distribution and Services - Irish	22.4	77.6
Distribution and Services - Foreign	66.7	33.3

Large Industrial enterprises generated 91.7% of GVA in foreign owned enterprises in 2017.
Irish owned Industrial enterprises were more evenly split with half (50.8%) of GVA coming from SMEs and almost one half (49.2%) generated by Large Industrial enterprises.
Most GVA (74.8%) in Irish owned Distribution and Services enterprises came from SMEs, while foreign owned enterprises in these sectors generated 65.0% of their GVA from Large enterprises. See Figure 9.

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